Population Modeling: Sustainable optimal harvesting in Fish Farming
Abstract
We develop a matrix model for a harvesting policy that maximizes the harvest of a population without
altering its age structure. The model is subsequently applied in harvesting a fish, Tilapia, Oreochromis
niloticus population primarily to maximize the stock production. The MATLAB software is employed to
generate a stable population structure, which is then subjected to 2 harvesting strategies from amongst
which optimality is thus established.
Citation
ODONDI L. & OWINO J. (2000): Population Modeling: Sustainable optimal harvesting in Fish Farming Discovery & Innovations Vol. 12 (3/4), pp 137-141.Publisher
University of Nairobi. School of Mathematics